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Frida loved heat tolerant succulents. They thrive in the hottest and driest of climates and have such unique individual properties to each species.
Dahlias are indigenous to Mexico and if any of you recall from my previous blogs for Cinco de Mayo—many of the folk arts and crafts try to simulate this shape by making paper flowers for special festival occasions.
Beautiful and dramatic—orchids give off a sense of regal beauty
My sister and I admiring the pyramid wall of cacti and succulents. We are both gardening fiends so today was a fun experience for us to not only share gardening stories, but to appreciate our Mexican heritage. And how ‘bout a nod to rockin’ the floral outfits at the gardens!
For me, one of the most awe inspiring scenes was to see a recreation of what Frida’s work desk would have looked like. I know it sounds a bit silly, but I get so emotional imagining a day in the life of Frida’s world.
At work in Frida’s world. How lovely to imagine her being surrounded by nature’s beauty and being able to immediately capture it in art.
A beautiful grouping of clay pots with aloe and assorted flowers on our way out of the conservatory to the pond.
The outside grounds to the conservatory—a lovely koi pond.
A close-up of the koi and lilypads.
A recreation of the cactus wall at Casa Azul in Mexico. It’s pretty but deadly!
From here we’ll take a walk over to Ross Lecture Hall to see her beautiful artwork and then head over to our al fresco evening! It’s going to be fun so follow along on my next segment to enjoy all the fun of our day at the gardens!! Like I said before—so much to see; you’re going to need more than a day to take it all in!! But there could be worse problems to deal with than spending a beautiful day frolicking in the gardens, having great food and cocktails and enjoying some fun Mexican music!!!
Enjoy and I’ll catch up with you soon to share our al fresco evening fun!!!
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